{"id":32323,"date":"2012-12-14T08:34:06","date_gmt":"2012-12-14T16:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/?p=32323"},"modified":"2012-12-14T08:34:06","modified_gmt":"2012-12-14T16:34:06","slug":"movie-club-podcast-the-driver-and-52-pick-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/movie-club-podcast-the-driver-and-52-pick-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie Club Podcast &#8211; The Driver and 52 Pick-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/MCP-Dec-banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCP-Dec-banner\" width=\"600\" height=\"264\" class=\"centered size-full wp-image-32324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/MCP-Dec-banner.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/MCP-Dec-banner-290x128.jpg 290w, https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/MCP-Dec-banner-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/MCP-Dec-banner-454x200.jpg 454w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"firstletter\">M<\/span>y grand plans to get blogging regularly again over here are still working themselves out, but in the meantime, I recorded an episode of the Movie Club Podcast with a bunch of colleagues from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rowthree.com\" target=\"_blank\">Row Three<\/a> (and a friend from the <a href=\"http:\/\/directorsclubpodcast.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\">Director&#8217;s Club Podcast<\/a>), discussing Walter Hill&#8217;s 1978 <em>The Driver<\/em> and John Frankenheimer&#8217;s 1986 <em>52 Pick-Up<\/em>, two thrillers showcasing the sleazy side of Los Angeles. I hadn&#8217;t seen either film before, so it was fun to experience them for the first time and chat about them with Kurt, Andrew, Bob, and Jim.<\/p>\n<p>We did it via Google+ Hangouts and recorded it to YouTube, so you can watch the entire podcast embedded below, or you can <a href=\"http:\/\/movieclubpodcast.blogspot.com\/2012\/12\/movie-club-25-driver-and-52-pick-up.html\">click over here<\/a> for an audio-only version. Or just subscribe to the podcast in <a href=\"http:\/\/phobos.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewPodcast?id=268986990\">iTunes<\/a>. It&#8217;s a sporadic podcast, originally meant to be once a month, but it&#8217;s been a bit more spread out than that, thanks to everyone&#8217;s schedule, with an ever-changing cast from various websites (usually Row Three and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmjunk.com\" target=\"_blank\">Film Junk<\/a>, though the Film Junk guys were busy this month). The next one is planned for February, discussing divisive metaphysical love stories <em>Mr. Nobody<\/em>, <em>The Fountain<\/em>, and <em>Cloud Atlas<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"centered\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UpZ4xnZZOWY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My grand plans to get blogging regularly again over here are still working themselves out, but in the meantime, I recorded an episode of the Movie Club Podcast with a bunch of colleagues from Row Three (and a friend from the Director&#8217;s Club Podcast), discussing Walter Hill&#8217;s 1978 The Driver and John Frankenheimer&#8217;s 1986 52 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[2760,2763,2766,2765,2761,2762,2764,2758,2759],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/MCP-Dec-banner.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26261,"url":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/on-row-three-the-future-in-print-and-podcast\/","url_meta":{"origin":32323,"position":0},"title":"On Row Three: The Future in Print and Podcast","author":"Jandy","date":"August 18, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I forget sometimes that not everyone who follows me here may read Row Three as well (and vice versa, but that's a different thing), so I'll try to remember to put up a note whenever I post something major over there. 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